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Whoa....Pookie in the brew thread.


Pretty cool the way you are experimenting. Hopefully you hit on something that you like. Are you going to try the same brew method again. I am pretty happy with the smaller batch sizes myself. 20-24 beers is plenty for me per batch.
 
It's looking like I might be drinking some of this freshly made beer this afternoon. Everything happens REALLY fast for a single gallon - it's dropped clear.
 
I think I'll flush a keg, pour it in, and I suspect it'll force carb in a matter of hours with a little swirling ...
 
Poor wheebz.
 
Then I'll make the next one tonight ... woot.
 
Welp ... that was easy.
 
I rinsed a 1.75 gal torpedo keg with water, and the dual-reg setup for the BeerGun happens to be perfect for flushing and quick carbonating ...
 
I put the end of the tube that normally screws onto the 1/4" MFL for the BeerGun into the bottom of the keg, flushed it out for 10 seconds, and then poured the beer from the LBMB into the keg as quickly and gently as possible, popped the lid on the keg, and flushed the head space, and finally set the pressure to 35 psi ...
 
It took me 2 minutes to clean the fermenter, since the mouth of the LBMB is massive ...
 
Very much a middle of the pack batch ...

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Not nearly the worst - or the best - from me ...
 
Ozzy2001 said:
Did you accomplish what you wanted?
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yeah, once wheebz commented that was met! :rofl: ... haha ...
 
the good:
 
a) super easy, and especially hand's off
b) quick to execute (<2 hrs) & turnaround (day to ferm, day to crash, and mere hours to carb) = 2-3x days
c) so simple, it's almost mess-less relatively speaking
 
the not good:
 
a) no kettle or vessel fining = cloudy
b) not efficient in terms of hops - although we'll see how things go on a second pass using some hopped extract, and on a third pass using injectable hop extract
 
this isn't going to replace brewing full-on, but was never meant to ...
 
As a rule I try not to preconceive the limitations, while at at once leaving myself open to them, since less work usually means less awesome in my experience ...

That beer isn't as good as my best outings, or as bad as my worst one's ...

I had a pretty unbalanced recipe, grain wise, and I let it ferm warm as a first run ...

I'm going to continue on the mission, still with guarded expectations.

I'm going to make a dark and syrupy, big-one tonight =)
 
I'm not complaining ...

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Most of what I don't appreciate could be attributable to recipe, but part of the fun is practice dialing in the hopping ...

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There's a subtle yet annoying off flavor, that while small(so far, anyways), is kind of omnipresent and gets in the way of being able to enjoy it ...
 
The All-Clad SS restoration powder - similar enough to Barkeeper's Friend, no doubt - just made quick work of my brew kettle in ways no amount of scrubbing even began to ...
 
It's totally good to go again, now ...
 
tctenten said:
Cool list. A bit suprised that you will be brewing a Saison. I did not think that is one of your desired styles. Will be watching from the sidelines, no brewing for me this weekend.
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In general it isn't, but dat Saison Dupont tho ...

It's the best beer that I can room-temp ferm outside the chamber, really ...

Last year's was made using Fuggles (bittering) and Pacifica, and I think this year I'll use a set of IPA hops ... and maybe 007, actually ...

It's an easy-brew day, too. Few ingredients to weigh and mill, and small amount in the mash basket etc ...

A good one to start with!
 
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